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A new study has found that most SUVs in the UK are bought by city drivers. SUVs and crossovers are now so popular that some automakers such as Ford and Buick no longer build traditional passenger cars. The SUV sales boom is showing no signs of slowing down either, as many automakers like Audi and VW estimate that SUV sales will continue to increase dramatically over the next few years. As a result, World Wildlife Fund is concerned that large SUVs clogging up city centers is harming the environment and wants to ban excessive SUV advertising in France. Now, the RAC Foundation is warning people ...

NHS workers are demanding a green recovery to help get the country back on its feet after Covid-19 and save thousands of lives. In a new report published this evening, health staff say decarbonising the economy to zero emissions by 2030, 20 years ahead of the government’s target, could create jobs and prevent nearly 14,000 pollution-related deaths annually in Britain. The Public Health Case for a Green New Deal paper, written by health workers in charity Medact’s Climate & Health Research Group, calls for the NHS to play its part in systemic change to combat health inequalities and clim...

BBC News By Roger Harrabin image copyrightGetty Images Drivers in crowded cities should think twice before buying a big SUV, says the head of a motoring organisation. Steve Gooding, from the RAC Foundation, said: "We should all choose the right vehicle for the right trip to cut the size of our carbon footprint. "It is right to question if suburban drivers need a car capable of ploughing over rivers, across fields and up steep hills just to pop to the shops." His comments come as research confirms most SUVs are bought by urban drivers. It shows that large SUVs - often known as Chelsea tractors...

George Clerk/Getty Images SUVs in the UK are overwhelmingly bought by people in towns and cities rather than rural areas, with the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea the country’s Range Rover capital. Despite emitting 25 per cent more carbon dioxide on average than a medium-sized car, SUVs have jumped from nearly 7 per cent of private cars sold in the UK in 2009 to more than 21 per cent in 2018. One recent global analysis found the rise of SUVs last year wiped out the environmental gains from electric cars. Advertisement Now, a new report by environmental charity Possible finds they a...

Two-thirds of the largest, most polluting sports utility vehicles (SUVs) sold in the UK are registered to urban households, according to new figures. Campaigners claim this is due to car manufacturers using advertising to persuade people it is “normal” to use the vehicles with off-road features for shopping trips, rather than driving in rural conditions. The analysis, commissioned by think tank New Weather Institute and climate charity Possible, found that the top three districts for large SUVs are the inner London boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Westminste...